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Constant Ménissier

1794 – 1878

French playwright

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Lived 1794 – 1878 (aged 84). Constant Ménissier was a French playwright and librettist.

Jean-Constant Menissier (1793 in Paris – 12 October 1878 ) was a 19th-century French playwright. His theatre plays were performed on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century, including Théâtre du Gymnase, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Théâtre des Célestins and Théâtre du Vaudeville.

Works

1813: Les deux ermites ou La confidence, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson, imitated from August von Kotzebue 1813: Le Château d'If, comedy in 1 act and with vaudevilles 1819: La créole, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Delestre-Poirson 1819: Douvres et Calais, ou Partie et revanche, comédie en vaudeville in 2 acts, with Emmanuel Théaulon, 1820: Caroline, comédie en vaudeville in one act, with Eugène Scribe 1820: Les Folies du jour, extravaganza in 1 act, in vaudevilles, with A. Martin and Théaulon 1821: Le Château de Chambord, hommage in 1 act and in vaudevilles 1821: Les Suites d'un bienfait, with Martial Aubertin and Alexandre Martin 1822: La diligence attaquée, ou L'auberge des Cévennes, with Ferdinand Laloue and Ernest Renaud 1822: La Fille à marier ou La Double éducation, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with Laloue and Amable de Saint-Hilaire 1822: Un mois après la noce, ou le Mariage par intérêt, comédie en vaudeville en 1 act, with E. Renaud 1822: Le Petit Don Quichotte, proverbe by Carmontelle arranged in vaudeville 1823: Les deux fermiers, ou la Forêt de Saint-Vallier, melodrama in 3 acts extravaganza, with Alexandre Martin 1823: L'Antichambre d'un médecin, scènes épisodiques mingled with couplets 1823: Les deux forçats, folie in one act, with Laloue and Renaud 1823: Les deux sergens, pièce anecdotique in 1 act, with A. Martin 1823: Les Trois Trilby, folie in 1 act and in prose, with A. Martin and E. Renaud 1823: Le Précepteur dans l'embarras, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act 1823: La Maison incendiée, ou les Enfants du charbonnier, mélodrame anecdotique in 1 act, with E. Renaud 1823: Le Roulier, mimodrame in 3 acts, with Laloue and A. de saint-Hilaire 1824: Le commissionnaire, melodrama en 3 acts, with Eugène Cantiran de Boirie and Ferdinand Laloue 1824: Le Passeport, comédie en vaudeville in 1 act, with E. Renaud 1824: Le Colonel de hussards, melodrama in 3 acts, extravaganza 1828: Les Frères d'armes, ou la Parole d'honneur, tableau anecdotique in 1 act and in vaudeville extravaganza, with A. Martin 1829: L'illusion, drame lyrique in 1 act, with Henri de Saint-Georges 1831: L'Abbé de L'Épée, ou le Muet de Toulouse, historical play in 2 periods and in 9 tableaux, mingled with singing 1831: Une première faute, drama mingled with songs in 4 acts and in 7 tableaux 1832: Brune et blonde, tableau in 1 act, mingled with songs 1832: Les Fils du rempailleur, comedy in 2 acts, mingled with couplets 1832: Le Livre vert ou Esprit et jugement, Vaudeville-féerie in 4 acts and 7 tableaux, with Paul Duport 1833: L'Enseigne, ou la Destinée, drama mingled with singing, in 3 acts and 6 tableaux, followed with an epilogue, from Contes de l'atelier, by Michel Masson 1834: L'Exposition de 1834, revue commerciale in 1 act, mingled with couplets 1834: Hénin, ou le Pêcheur de Boulogne, historical fact in 1 act, mingled with songs 1835: Un roi en vacances, comédie en vaudeville en 3 acts and 6 tableaux, with Pierre-Joseph Charrin 1835: Le Coin du feu, play in 4 acts and 7 tableaux, mingled with songs 1836: Le Dahlia magique, ou le Nain bleu, pièce féerie in 4 acts and 11 tableaux, preceded by a prologue 1838: Le bourgeois de Reims, opera comique in one act, with Henri de Saint-Georges 1838: Une journée aux Champs-Élysées, tableau in one act, with H. de Saint-Georges and Léon Rabbe 1840: Le Marché des Innocetns, ou l'Inconnu, drama in 4 acts 1844: Les Trois amis, drama in 3 acts

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Also known as
Jean-Constant Menissier, A. Bénézech

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Constant Ménissier?

French playwright (1793-1878)

When was Constant Ménissier born?

Constant Ménissier was born on 28 January 1794 in Paris.

When did Constant Ménissier die?

Constant Ménissier died on 12 October 1878 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.

What was Constant Ménissier's occupation?

Constant Ménissier was a playwright and librettist.

What nationality was Constant Ménissier?

Constant Ménissier was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Constant Ménissier

· Wikidata: Q18578079

· DBpedia: Constant Ménissier

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